Some voting glitches surfaced in town

Published 7:00 pm, Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Mr. Umbarger said the results were tabulated under the instructions of the state of Connecticut election staff attorneys.

When a candidate got a vote on the major party line and the minor party line, the scanner accepted the ballot, but tabulated the vote as unknown.

Mr. Umbarger said officials in Hartford said unknown votes should be credited in minor party totals, but that appeared to skew final numbers.

"We will recount, reverify and take any necessary measures necessary to ensure the election was conducted in a fair, equitable manner in compliance with statute and applicable regulations," Mr. Umbarger said Wednesday morning. "We are in contact with the Secretary of the State's office to advice and address any outstanding issues or unresolved compilation issues.''

By 3:30 p.m. Mr. Buckbee had corrected results from the Secretary of The State's office. He said the Unknown votes had been initially counted twice, once on the major party line and once on the minor party line.

The corrected tabulations showed no change in the vote results, but changed the margin by which the candidates won re-election.